Beethoven - Mozart Chiaroscuro Quartet

• 1 I. Allegro con brio 04:57
• 2 II. Allegretto ma non troppo 06:57
• 3 III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso 05:00
• 4 IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro 05:25
• 5 I. Adagio 03:00
• 6 II. Fugue 04:24
• 7 I. Allegro non troppo 07:31
• 8 II. Andante con moto 08:52
• 9 III. Menuet - allegro et trio 05:22
• 10 IV. Allegro vivace 05:54
• Total Runtime 57:22

Info for Beethoven - Mozart

Following on their highly acclaimed début album, the period instrument Chiaroscuro Quartet returns with another recording of chamber music of the classical period. Their approach, firmly committed and imaginative, fits particularly well with the trail-blazing works on this recording. In its day, Beethoven's famous 'Serioso' quartet was considered avant-garde and experimental. Mozart's Adagio and Fugue is a veritable lesson in the art of counterpoint - rich with dissonance and brilliant in its subtle complexity and inventiveness.

“Vibrant, searching performances from this exciting young period-instrument quartet … the ensemble playing is little short of remarkable: the Beethoven second movement has rarely sounded so haunting, the Mozart finale so exhuberant” (Classical Music)

“the Chiaroscuro Quartet put period instrument practice to the fore, playing on gut strings, with minimal vibrato and tuning to the lower pitch of A430...It takes a moment to grow accustomed to the unfamiliar timbre but the rewards are immense.” (The Observer)

Chiaroscuro Quartet:
Alina Ibragimova, violin
Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin
Emilie Hörnlund, viola
Claire Thirion, cello

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